I got greedy for chests and died to a goblin. I love this concept and you implemented it so cleanly with Monogame. The gameplay was good but would benefit from being expanded to include skippable turns. My favourite level was the rat level. Nice job!

Is the rat the final boss or did my game just crashed?

It's a nice concept and I'd really love to play if it was more polished. I suppose most issues and drawbacks were described in the comments before me, yet I still want to point out game's unintuitiveness - e.g. I couldn't understand when does the attack during the battle starts, why I've dealt like 6 damage if I've chosen a card with value of 2, etc. Use of cards for damage/healing is obvious, but battle system in general is quite confusing.

Overall, it's a nice small game. Unfortunately I can not say much :(

If you have a will, I'd be glad if you rated my submission.

It’s very creative concept and feels great to play! Has a retro and nostalgic feel to it. However, battling enemies over and over again to get the cards required was a rather tedious grind - and this is mostly because of the random chance, so perhaps some balance and fine-tuning is needed here. There needs to be a way to heal out of combat, and skip playing a card too, otherwise, the player can end up in a situation where they essentially have to play all their cards, and if the RNG loot is not giving you big enough numbers to sustain or out-damage the enemy, it’s basically game over. Perhaps there could be better level design to enable the player to get back to the healthbug without getting blocked by rats all the time to ease the pressure a little bit. Overall, I enjoyed the combat and could see a lot of potential for this mechanic to shine. Great job!

I think most things that need improvement have already been said.  It's an interesting idea and playing in the tiny window actually made me feel like I was playing something on Game Gear or GBA.  It got my nostalgia juices flowing a bit, so not exactly a detriment to me.  The combat system was unique, thought I'm not sure I grasped all the nuances of it right away.  Was this made entirely with .Net?  Definitely unique!  Good work :D

I really like this type of game. Rougue like with card based attacks. Really nice concept you put out together!

Feel like I would like to have more control over what cards I have on my deck. Probably more deck management so no matter the enemy I can feel I'm in control of the fight even if I lose.

Not sure why, but there were no sound, so my experience wasn't great because of it. Also, I don't really know if the game closed because I die or because of a crash.

Like the idea quite a lot - although I did find myself losing in a way that felt inevitable, simply running out of cards or the random draws not giving out the big bucks. Also, I don't know why exactly but I wasn't able to play it outside of a tiny window? I'm sure there should be a way to fullscreen it but I couldn't spot it. Anyway, I like the concept and think that, given more time, the climb of the tower and management of the cards could be fleshed out to include all kinds of additional quirks. As things stand at the minute - it's still a good effort (let's not forget it's a jam game!) Nice job :)

Nice idea for a game! I loved the concept, and the execution  was pretty good! The game got increasingly difficult as I lost my cards however, and I lost to a rat in the room full of rats because the random draw didn't give me enough damage or healing to survive the next fight. To improve, I would suggest making the game easier; I like the deck building part, and losing cards when you use them isn't terrible, but I would much rather the game depends on strategy rather than luck of the draw. A good effort though!

I downloaded the zip file to try and launch the game, but after extracting running the exe isn't working. Am I doing something stupid lol

I enjoyed this quite a bit, albeit the window was VERY small on my 1080p monitor. Some sound effects would be nice as well.

Hi^^

This isn't my type of game but props for making this in monogame!
Also the idea is pretty original in my opinion.

The engine must be very tough to use

The concept is really interesting! I like the mix between RPG & Card game.

The art style is quite good, it reminded a lot of NES/GBC games.

However, like Danial said, the resolution is too tiny, and it misses music and sound feedback. I think that if you fix these two main issues, your game will improve a lot!

Overall, nice work!

The overall card game concept and idea is great. I wish there was a fullscreen mode, because I had to strain my eyes to play the game on a really small window. The game really misses out on sound effects, I think with some engaging music and sound effects your game would've been more satisfying to play. Nonetheless, the game was okay, I was getting a few vibes of retro RPG games. Judging by your username, I guess you like Doom? If so you can try out my game ;)